Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 21–30, 1988
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Chris (1988) was a tropical storm of the 1988 Atlantic season. It formed on August 21, 1988, reached its peak of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1005 mb on August 28, 1988, and made landfall near Wilmington Island, Georgia on August 28, 1988 as a tropical storm (46 mph). The storm lasted 9.3 days and travelled about 4,605 miles (7,410 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 28, 1988 · 15:00 UTC | near Wilmington Island, Georgia | TS 46 mph | 1005 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | direct hit | Aug 25 · 12:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic | 28 mi | Aug 25 · 18:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Jacksonville, Florida | 59 mi | Aug 28 · 11:00 UTC | TS 51 mph |
| Charlotte, North Carolina | direct hit | Aug 29 · 04:00 UTC | TD 25 mph |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 29 mi | Aug 29 · 21:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| New York City, New York | 17 mi | Aug 29 · 23:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Brooklyn, New York | 22 mi | Aug 29 · 23:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Queens, New York | 26 mi | Aug 29 · 23:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| Manhattan, New York | 17 mi | Aug 29 · 23:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
| The Bronx, New York | 21 mi | Aug 29 · 23:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 14.9°N 43.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 21 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 14.6°N 45.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 14.6°N 47.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 14.7°N 49.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 14.8°N 51.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 15.1°N 54.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 15.3°N 55.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 15.6°N 57.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 16.0°N 59.2°W | 139 mi E of Saint-François, Guadeloupe |
| Aug 23 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 16.3°N 61.0°W | 18 mi E of Saint-François, Guadeloupe |
| Aug 24 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 16.7°N 62.4°W | 47 mi SW of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Aug 24 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 16.9°N 63.8°W | 76 mi WSW of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Aug 24 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 17.2°N 65.2°W | 47 mi SW of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Aug 24 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 17.5°N 66.7°W | 36 mi S of Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Aug 25 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 17.8°N 67.8°W | 51 mi WSW of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
| Aug 25 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 18.2°N 68.8°W | 19 mi SE of La Romana, Dominican Republic |
| Aug 25 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 18.5°N 69.8°W | near Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Aug 25 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 19.1°N 70.9°W | 17 mi NW of Constanza, Dominican Republic |
| Aug 26 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 19.8°N 72.1°W | near Cap-Haïtien, Haiti |
| Aug 26 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 20.5°N 73.2°W | 46 mi NNW of Port-de-Paix, Haiti |
| Aug 26 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 21.5°N 74.2°W | 76 mi NE of Moa, Holguín Province, Cuba |
| Aug 26 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 22.5°N 75.4°W | 108 mi N of Banes, Holguín Province, Cuba |
| Aug 27 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 23.3°N 76.2°W | 141 mi SSE of Nassau, Bahamas |
| Aug 27 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 24.1°N 77.2°W | 67 mi S of Nassau, Bahamas |
| Aug 27 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 24.9°N 78.1°W | 49 mi WSW of Nassau, Bahamas |
| Aug 27 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 25.8°N 79.0°W | 55 mi SSW of Lucaya, Bahamas |
| Aug 28 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 26.8°N 79.7°W | 23 mi ENE of West Palm Beach, Florida |
| Aug 28 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1008 mb | 28.2°N 80.0°W | 38 mi ENE of Palm Bay, Florida |
| Aug 28 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1005 mb | 30.8°N 80.8°W | 40 mi ENE of Fernandina Beach, Florida |
| Aug 28 15:00 | TS LANDFALL | 46 mph | 1005 mb | 32.0°N 80.9°W | near Wilmington Island, Georgia |
| Aug 28 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 32.8°N 81.1°W | 36 mi NW of Beaufort, South Carolina |
| Aug 29 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 34.1°N 81.1°W | near Columbia, South Carolina |
| Aug 29 06:00 | TD extratropical | 23 mph | 1009 mb | 35.8°N 80.6°W | 11 mi NW of Salisbury, North Carolina |
| Aug 29 12:00 | TD extratropical | 23 mph | 1009 mb | 37.5°N 79.5°W | 19 mi WNW of West Lynchburg, Virginia |
| Aug 29 18:00 | TD extratropical | 23 mph | 1010 mb | 39.2°N 77.6°W | near Leesburg, Virginia |
| Aug 30 00:00 | TD extratropical | 23 mph | 1008 mb | 41.2°N 73.6°W | near North Stamford, Connecticut |
| Aug 30 06:00 | TD extratropical | 23 mph | 1008 mb | 43.5°N 69.9°W | 21 mi ESE of Portland, Maine |
| Aug 30 12:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 45.0°N 65.0°W | 25 mi WSW of Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Aug 30 18:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 46.5°N 60.0°W | 21 mi N of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Questions
Chris made landfall once: near Wilmington Island, Georgia on August 28, 1988 at 15:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 46 mph winds.
At its peak on August 28, 1988, Chris was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a central pressure of 1005 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
9.3 days, from August 21, 1988 to August 30, 1988. It travelled about 4,605 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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